3D-Modeling Data of Vagina Gets Japanese Artist Arrested

The next frontier of obscenity battles is upon us. Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi was arrested on Monday for sending a link to 3D-modeling data of her vagina—meaning, that with a 3D printer, anyone could make prints of her genitalia. According to the Japanese police, this constitutes obscenity.

Igarashi, who works under the pseudonym Rokudenaskiko (meaning Good-for-nothing girl), sent out the data in return for funds for her “pussy boat,” a kayak shaped like her vagina. Some of her other works turn her vagina into a landscape for dioramas. The goal, Igarashi says, is to make “pussy more casual and pop” in a country that renders vaginas a taboo topic.